BALLAD
Hit the high yields!
- High yielding variety recommended for UK
- Good resistance to LLS and verticillium stem stripe
- Excellent resistance to lodging and good stem stiffness
Characteristics
About
Ballad is a high gross output variety fully recommended for the UK.
It has strong all round agronomic package with stiff straw and good resistance to lodging. Ballad also has efficient podfill and is an early flowering, mid/late maturity variety.
Ballad has good resistance to LLS and stem canker. In ADAS pot tests it exhibited excellent tolerance to verticillium stem stripe.
One thing to look out for in Ballad is its quilted, cushioned leaves, which help promote efficient nutrient transportation.
Characteristics in numbers
| Variety Type | Conventional |
| Recommendation | UK |
| Gross Output | 100 |
| Seed Yield | 100 |
| Resistance to Lodging | 8 |
| Stem Stiffness | 8 |
| Flowering | 7 |
| Maturity | 5 |
| Oil Content (%) | 45.6 |
| Shortness of stem | 7 |
| Light Leaf Spot | 6 |
| Stem Canker | 5 |
